Body Arts Jewelry

Lip rings are a difficult subject to tackle, because so many different types of piercings can be worn in
or around the lips, and a multitude of jewelry styles work there as well. For our purposes here, we’ll just cover the basics, starting with the different types of lip ring.

First we have the “labret/monroe ring,” or stud. This is basically just a stud style piece of jewelry with a small decoration on one side, a post in the center, and a flat
backing of some type on the other end. The flat portion sits under the lip (inside the mouth), and the post rests inside the piercing itself, while the decorative portion is the only part that
shows. This type of jewelry is measured for length along the shaft, from the backing to the bottom of the embellishment.